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2. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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   Sewing is an ancient craft involving the stitching of cloth, leather, animal skins, furs, or other materials, using needle and thread. Its use is nearly universal among human populations and dates back to Paleolithic times (30,000 BC). Sewing predates the weaving of cloth. sewing circle.

3. Knitting - Wikipedia

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   Additional patterns can be made on the surface of the knitted fabric using embroidery; if the embroidery resembles knitting, it is often called Swiss darning. Various closures for the garments, such as frogs and buttons can be added; usually buttonholes are knitted into the garment, rather than cut.

4. Frog (fastening) - Wikipedia

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   A frog (simplified Chinese: 盘扣; traditional Chinese: 盤扣; pinyin: pánkòu, also called huaniu (Chinese: 花纽; pinyin: Huāniǔ; lit. 'flower buttons') or panhuaniu (Chinese: 盘花纽) in China, or frog knots, frogs, Chinese frog closures and decorative toggles in English) is a type of ornamental braiding closure made out of cord, consisting of a button (oftentimes a Chinese button ...

5. List of sewing stitches - Wikipedia

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   Blind stitch (or hemstitch) – type of slip stitch used for inconspicuous hem. Buttonhole stitch – for reinforcing buttonholes and preventing cut fabric from raveling. Chain stitch – hand or machine stitch for seams or decoration. Cross-stitch – usually used for decoration, but may also be used for seams. Catch stitch (also 'flat' and ...

6. Seam (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   A curved seam. In sewing, a seam is the join where two or more layers of fabric, leather, or other materials are held together with stitches. Prior to the invention of the sewing machine, all sewing was done by hand. Seams in modern mass-produced household textiles, sporting goods, and ready-to-wear clothing are sewn by computerized machines ...

7. Sewing machine - Wikipedia

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   A sewing machine is a machine used to sew fabric and materials together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. Since the invention of the first sewing machine, generally considered to have been the work of Englishman Thomas ...